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I can't attach dwg file format to email

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When I attach a dwg file to an email in Outlook it shows up a message: The file is not a picture and can't be inserted inline.

I'm attaching the file from the menu Insert > Files as as attachments

My Firefox version is 28.0 on Windows 7 SP1 x86.

When I attach a dwg file to an email in Outlook it shows up a message: The file is not a picture and can't be inserted inline. I'm attaching the file from the menu Insert > Files as as attachments My Firefox version is 28.0 on Windows 7 SP1 x86.

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Try using a Microsoft support forum for help with Outlook issues.

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Ahhm, sure, I'll try that too, but the problem only occurs in Firefox. Chrome and IE do not have this problem.

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"The file is not a picture and can't be inserted inline. "

Sounds like Outlook is putting that image file into the email, not "attaching" it as an attachment.

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Ok, after some testing i found the solution: Deleting the mimeTypes.rdf file from %appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\wwxxyyzz.default solves the problem.

Thanks by your help.

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After more testing the problem reapeared when i downloaded a dwg atachment from my email account, and in the mimeTypes.rdf was added a entry for the MIME for the dwg files, which is image/vnd.dwg.

In the end it seems that Microsoft should fix this.

Sorry for my english.